how to make skins (solved)

skelltor · Post by **skelltor** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:59 pm

i am new to here and swbf modding and was wondering could sombody please tell me what tools you need to make your own skins and how to make and install them

i have a pc with the dvd rom version of swbf

skelltor

genaral_mitch · Post by **genaral_mitch** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:00 pm

GIMP. It's free.

EDIT: ...And welcome to Gametoast.

skelltor · Post by **skelltor** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:13 pm

ok i got that to work but when i try to change the acr troopers skin he just looks all black except for his kama and neck thing help please

genaral_mitch · Post by **genaral_mitch** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:31 pm

Make sure when you save "RLE compression" is unchecked. If it isn't, the skin will be ruined.

kinetosimpetus · Post by **kinetosimpetus** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:34 pm

genaral_mitch wrote:... If it isn't, the skin will be ruined.

not ruined, just wont work with the modtools, you can fix it easily enough by saving as and unchecking RLE compressoin

genaral_mitch · Post by **genaral_mitch** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:44 pm

...Ruined in-game.

mswf · Post by **mswf** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:26 am

"It will be ruined" = not exactly the right choice of words, since you can fix it easily by resaving it, thus the skin won't get ruined, just temporarily unusable until it's resaved.

skelltor · Post by **skelltor** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:37 pm

when i save the gimp file or when i save the msh file??

also let me c if i have this procces right open gimp 2.6 then find the bfb mod namerep msh file open it then find the clone skine i want to edit then edit it then mung the mod name thing the replace the rep lvl with the new one in bfb addons is that right ???

also wehn i edited another skin and then munged the mod it dident show that the rep lvl in bfb addon had been edited

genaral_mitch · Post by **genaral_mitch** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:26 pm

When you save in GIMP.

skelltor · Post by **skelltor** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:08 pm

i got 1 to work but when i try to edit cis blue battle droide it looks luike just a bunch of squars with vary slight colers behind how do i chang it so i can edit it with out those boxes

genaral_mitch · Post by **genaral_mitch** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:11 pm

Hmm, I don't think you can. You might just have to work with it that way. Or you might be able to find skins you're looking for and download them. But I thought that a Super Battle Droid would look better blue. It looked terrible.

skelltor · Post by **skelltor** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:24 pm

ahh how come some are like that but otheres are not???

genaral_mitch · Post by **genaral_mitch** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:30 pm

I'm sorry I can't tell you. But the Super Battle Droid has a skin that's not like that.

Post by **AQT** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:42 pm

From The FAQ / Everything You Need Thread Version 2.0

Skinning
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How to work with alpha channels in GIMP(video tutorial)
Dealing with alpha channels in GIMP(written tutorial with images)
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skelltor · Post by **skelltor** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:55 am

thanks everybody this topic can be closed now thanks again

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